NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 Mac Edition

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 Mac Edition

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 576 MHz
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 171 Watt

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 576 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 171 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2

2.9x more texture fill rate: 41.5 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
4.5x more pipelines: 216 vs 48
3.7x better floating-point performance: 536.5 gflops vs 144 gflops
Around 75% higher maximum memory size: 896 MB vs 512 MB
Around 26% higher memory clock speed: 1998 MHz vs 1584 MHz

Texture fill rate	41.5 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	216 vs 48
Floating-point performance	536.5 gflops vs 144 gflops
Maximum memory size	896 MB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1998 MHz vs 1584 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 Mac Edition	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla 2.0
Code name	G94B	GT200B
Launch date	12 December 2008	27 November 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	576 MHz
Floating-point performance	144 gflops	536.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	48	216
Texture fill rate	14.4 GTexel / s	41.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	171 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	1,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	229 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	896 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.0 GB / s	111.9 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	448 Bit
Memory clock speed	1584 MHz	1998 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3